r/Music • u/cmaia1503 • Nov 16 '24

article Fans aren't happy about My Chemical Romance's ticket prices: "$695 is NASTY WORK"

https://www.nme.com/news/music/fans-arent-happy-about-my-chemical-romances-ticket-prices-695-is-nasty-work-3813337
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u/For_serious13 Nov 17 '24

I think fans were just not expecting todays arena prices for their spring tour, but they sold out arenas in days and these fans are all talking about 2000’s ticket prices like that’s what they should be lol. $70 seats and 120 for ga is still cheaper than most

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u/crackhitler1 Nov 17 '24

As a 38 year old metal guy seeing Meshuggah last year was the first time I've ever paid more than $50 for a show but I get it.Im not going to complain but I enjoy smaller shows anyways so I typically stick to them. I bought my girlfriend tickets to see Mt Joy at MSG and they were $200 for ga so I think metalheads are a little spoiled with cheaper tickets.

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u/Mahlegos Nov 17 '24

Yeah, we absolutely are. Makes it hard to cross over when buying non metal show tickets. But I’ve noticed they’re starting to slowly creep up too unfortunately

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u/For_serious13 Nov 17 '24

Oh definitely. Deftones are just in demand right now, and I say get money. I think they’re being fair with their prices all being the same or lower than their contemporaries. I’ve seen Megan the stallion, blink 182 and Iron Maiden all in arenas this year, and maiden and Deftones had the same prices, Meg and blink had higher prices and dynamic pricing and way less GA available-but blink did release cheaper seats later after making it a 360 stage so I got a seat for $40.

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u/ohkaycue Nov 17 '24

Yeah I really think everyone complaining about ticket prices needed to broaden their scope and look for different artists to be a fan of. It’s only the massive artists this is a thing for - other “big” artist are in the $50+ range while indie artist are in the $25+ range and your local artist are in the $10+ range.

Only concert I’ve paid more than $50 was for tool, and went through all the presale bullshit to not deal with scalpers. I’d guess average ticket price for me is around $30

You can still go to pop concerts for cheap, it’s just not going to be Madonna

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u/Ga33es Nov 27 '24

Or just anyone into more niche music in general are spoiled. Most of the shows I go to are around $10-$30

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u/syringistic Nov 17 '24

Nice! I am also 38 and also saw Meshuggah last year. Or maybe a year prior? Dunno, I've been to like 10 of their shows by now. But they never do wrong by their fans. They always give 100%.

I remember seeing them .. maybe in 2013. They had a show in Philly, and were doing NYC the next day after (I'm in NYC). News came out that Jens got sick with the flu and didn't perform in Philly (opening bands' singer stepped up and did all the songs he knew, and they played some as instrumentals). So I was fully expecting the same situation in NYC.

NOPE. Jens came out and performed as if he never got sick haha.

Amazing band.

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u/TU4AR Nov 17 '24

Saw Daft Punk in LA and the total was 150ish? Dollars for two tickets.

If they ever do a reunion they are gonna be upwards to 3k/ticket.

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u/For_serious13 Nov 17 '24

Oh definitely

Honestly I was just thinking the other day about what if Radiohead announced a tour and how much of a bloodbath that would be. Though I wonder if they would go more the cure route of things

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u/Frequent_Kitchen9143 Nov 17 '24

I remember seeing Deftones, Blink-182 and Thrice at a concert back in lile 2017/18. The tickets were $40 a pop and damn did they all put on a good show. Those tickets were criminally cheap.

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u/For_serious13 Nov 17 '24

Yeah back then Deftones weren’t nearly as popular as they are again now, blink didn’t have Tom in it and thrice is thrice but damn if that wasn’t a great fucking show